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Van Horn Composite Rotor Blades Lift Legacy Bells And MDs

Van Horn, developer of composite main and tail-rotor blades for Bell and MD helicopters, conducted high-altitude performance testing

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

March 4, 2013

Van Horn Aviation (VHA) of Tempe, Ariz., wants to put more life into legacy helicopters by developing products that increase performance and lower direct operating costs by focusing on composite main and tail-rotor blades. At Heli-Expo’13, VHA is showing five examples of its work, all with different stories: tail-rotor blades for the Bell 206, UH-1 and 212/214; and main rotor blades for the MD Helicopters MD530F and Bell 206B.

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